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January 1, 2022
Why do many people believe that gun deaths are at an all-time high? This chapter explores the cognitive factors that support the acceptance of this and other incorrect beliefs. It highlights how people use heuristics to judge truth, relying on cues such as ...
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January 1, 2021
The idea of a memory test or of a test of academic achievement is often circumscribed. Tests within the classroom are recognized as important for the assignment of grades, and tests given for academic assessment or achievement have increasingly come to det ...
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January 1, 2020
Pizzagate. The Bowling Green Massacre. Pope Francis endorsing Donald Trump for president. How should we combat such “fake news” stories, which often go viral? As cognitive scientists, we view this problem through the lens of what we know about the construc ...
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February 7, 2019
This Handbook reviews a wealth of research in cognitive and educational psychology that investigates how to enhance learning and instruction to aid students struggling to learn and to advise teachers on how best to support student learning. ...
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January 1, 2009
The idea of a memory test or of a test of academic achievement is often circumscribed. Tests within the classroom are recognized as important for the assignment of grades, and tests given for academic assessment or achievement have increasingly come to det ...
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January 1, 2007
A complete understanding of human memory requires us to comprehend memory’s failures as well as its successes. In addition to being inherently interesting, memory errors provide insight into how memory functions for successful, accurate retrieval. This cha ...
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